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If you are looking for a cheap, delicious dinner that the kids will love, look no further than this recipe. It is one yummy meal that costs just five bucks. First, get a box of cornbread and make it according to package directions. As you can see, my cornbread actually came in a pouch, not a box, but it works fine, too.

Pour the batter into a pie pan and bake according to package directions. While it’s cooking, begin browning the ground beef with your onion and spices. I used onion powder because there are some picky eaters in my family that don’t like the texture of onions, but do like the taste (um, yeah, it’s me. I hate the texture of onions. 🙂 )

I added the spices right as I started browning the beef and then added the tomato sauce after the spices were blended in little. You can’t tell from the picture, but the meat was still pretty red when I added the tomato sauce.

After the cornbread has been in the oven for 12-15 minutes (or until it is golden brown), take it out of the oven. I am CLEARLY not a photographer and don’t know anything about lighting, so sorry about the yellow in this picture. I don’t know why this was the only picture that was so yellow. I guess it just wanted to show you how “golden” the cornbread should be.

Now, put the meat mixture on top of the cornbread and spread around until it covers the cornbread completely.

Now, sprinkle on the cheese. I may have added a little more than 1/2 C, but we got a ton of shredded cheese at an incredible price, so I can afford to use a little more. 😉

Put it back in the oven for about 5 minutes to melt the cheese. It should look like this when it is done. I know it doesn’t look that amazing, but it sure is tasty. My husband LOVED this. My preschooler really didn’t want to eat it because it looked weird to him. We made him try at least one bite after which he realized that it tasted delicious. He even wanted seconds. (Booyah, for making him try just one bite! Works every time).

Directions: Prepare the box of cornbread mix according to package directions. Pour cornbread batter into a greased pie plate. Pun in oven and bake for 12-15 minutes or until lightly golden. While cooking, brown 1 lb. ground beef in a skillet with the chopped onion. Add chili powder, cumin, salt, and tomato sauce. Remove cornbread from oven when ready and top with meat and then with cheese. Put pie pan back in oven for 5 minutes to melt the cheese.

Tips to Make this Healthier: Serve this with a salad! I used whatever veggies I could find in the fridge. I even added some bacon bits, chicken chunks, and cheese chunks because I needed to get rid of them. You could also make your cornbread homemade and add less cheese. Besides that, it’s pretty good, just watch your portion size because it’s so yummy you’ll just want more and more and more and…. just have some more salad. 🙂